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| Ayurvedic hospital lab sans equipment | | | Bijay Charak
Jammu, Oct 16 : Despite tall claims of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to establish health infrastructure across the state, a lab building constructed in the Ayurvedic hospital awaits equipment.
Sources informed Early Times that in the year 2009 state government sanctioned funds for building infrastructure of drug testing laboratory in Ayurvedic hospital Jammu and the same was completed in 2011.
"Directorate of Indian System of Medicine (ISM) Jammu and Kashmir made a proposal of Lab apparatus and had invited tenders twice since then, but due to poor response on contractors, the work is still in oblivion ", sources said and adding that same proposal, Directorate has forwarded to government but till date government didn't gave any response. "The laboratory is to carry out statutory testing and analysis of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani (ASU) drugs, and in addition, the laboratory is involved in conducting various research and development work on Ayurveda drugs but all in vain government seems not interested", sources said.
"Few years' ago union government had sanctioned funds for development of medicinal plants across the state. The state government has depleted medicinal plants in Gurez, Reasi and Billawar forest division", sources said adding that union government further sanctioned funds under the scheme of horticulture mission which was directly involved in promotion of cultivation of medicinal plants on large scale through farmers across the state but all in vain.
Inspite of huge potential of medicinal plants of Jammu and Kashmir, government has purchased medicines out of state. If state has, its own drug testing and research laboratory (ISM) that is helps to generate employment also helps to generate state economy. |
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